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Please be aware that this video is raw rough-edited video. There are a several spots where a loud noise occurs near the mic, and it could hurt your ears. Protect your ears accordingly, please. This video is intended for remixing and will require audio and video enhancement.

Thanks to Thomas King, a writer for Linux.com and LXer, for shooting this footage, and adding some transitions to it.

This is one of many short video segments which will be added to the Digital Tipping Point (DTP) archive. This series of video segments features Jim Hogg, a high school teacher in Austin, Texas, giving a presentation to a Linux Users' Group meeting in Austin. Jim's interview is interesting because it tells us how Jim brings GNU-Linux to his students, and how that instruction changes their lives. This footage was shot by a DTP member with his own personal camera, as opposed to the DTP's Sony PD-170.

In segment 09 (Tape 998-009), Jim explains how students come from other schools to the school association of which his school is a member. He explains which software packages he uses in his teaching. He talks about automation, or lack thereof, in his grading of his students' work. He says that his students' coding projects are constantly changing and adjusting to circumstances, just like real-world coding problems they will find in the real world. He expects them to continue working on their coding problems until they have a solution, just like a real-world boss would do.

In segment 10 (Tape 998-010), Jim says that he heavily restricts access to the Internet, due to liability concerns. He does not want his kids to get exposed to inappropriate sites, which might trigger a lawsuit by an unhappy parent. He does not get much resistance from the school's IT department for his GNU-Linux work with the kids, because his Linux network does not interfere with their work. He talks about the distros that he uses and makes available to kids. He discusses video games further, repeating that he uses access to video games as a carrot and a stick for his kids.

In segment 11 (Tape 98-011), Jim says that he runs MEPIS as the GNU-Linux distro (version) of choice on his servers at school. He talks about some of the lack of uniformity in Linux script commands, such as dhclient, which is different on MEPIS and on openSUSE, for example.

In segment 12 (Tape 998-012), Jim talks about the growth of virtualization of Windows XP and BSD. He says that Linux enthusiasts are often fanatical about their computing environment. For example, when he gives presentations, sometimes people will correct him or offer points of view that differ with his own. His conversation with a member of the audience turns to Linux and piracy of Microsoft Windows in China, where software routinely sells for $1.00 on the street.

In segment 13 (Tape 998-013), Jim says that passion drives the Free Open Source Software (FOSS) community. He feels that this passion will carry Linux forward, not commercial implementation. He thinks Linux communities like this assembled group will be the ones to bring GNU-Linux to the masses. He talks about Microsoft's desire to move its customers to a monthly paid subscription similar to that seen with cable TV service. At 2;29, the first camera runs out of tape, so you will notice a loss of video and audio quality.

In segment 14, (Tape 998-014), Jim says that he gives out computers to some of his kids, which is a motivation for them to do well.

This footage is our raw rough-cut footage. It lacks transitions, music, special effectsor finish rendering. It is our "source code". Please feel free to rip, mix and burn this footage consistent with our Creative Commons license as disclosed on this page.

All of the segments of Jim Hogg's presentation can be found here:

http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv998_oa_ALGHogg_001.ogg (segment 01)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv998_oa_ALGHogg_002.ogg (segment 02)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv998_oa_ALGHogg_003.ogg (segment 03)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv998_oa_ALGHogg_004.ogg (segment 04)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv998_oa_ALGHogg_005.ogg (segment 05)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv998_oa_ALGHogg_006.ogg (segment 06)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv998_oa_ALGHogg_007.ogg (segment 07)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv998_oa_ALGHogg_008.ogg (segment 08)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv998_oa_ALGHogg_009.ogg (segment 09)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv998_oa_ALGHogg_010.ogg (segment 10)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv998_oa_ALGHogg_011.ogg (segment 11)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv998_oa_ALGHogg_012.ogg (segment 12)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv998_oa_ALGHogg_013.ogg (segment 13)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv998_oa_ALGHogg_014.ogg (segment 14)


If you like this segment, please consider typing up a summary for it and emailing that summary to Christian Einfeldt at einfeldt@gmail.com. Your work will be credited and posted on this page.

The DTP will be many, many films created by the global open source video community about how open source is changing their lives. We, the DTP crew, are submitting this footage for anyone to rip, mix, and burn under the Creative Commons Attribute - ShareAlike license. We welcome edits, transcriptions, graphics, music, and animation contributions to the film. Please send a link for any contributions to Christian Einfeldt at einfeldt@gmail.com.

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and typing the audio as you hear it into the wiki. Please be sure to add the transcription for this segment under: Segment 012, Jim Hogg
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